Mike Douglas Show 3/8/1965 Gene Krupa Quartet 

Michael Clayton I have a ton of stuff that I haven’t had a chance to start getting converted to digital until now...so I’ll be gradually be uploading a lot to my RU-vid channel.

dretety1 nice try jackass but I’ve had a Krupa website for over 20 years, have collected Krupa video for over 30 years, have been friends with Bruce for 20 years, and contributed video for his “Gene Krupa: Swing Swing Swing” compilation. You might want to know who the hell you are talking to before making an ass of yourself.

@@thecrippledrummer Thank You!

Love it...!!!

Agree, to watch his enjoyment is pure joy. Gene is just the best of the best...

You can check out my old Krupa website at drummerman.net and/or join the Facebook group that I now have for Gene, America’s Ace Drummer Man, Gene Krupa.

Your opinion is shared by countless others, including me👍🏻

@@thecrippledrummer Hi. Watched "The Gene Krupa Story" last night . His rise to stardom was perilous to say the least and his final years , not portrayed in the film, were rather lonely. And he was only 64 when he passed away. Still, l guess he lived a life that most of us could never imagine. Keep your great work up. Magic!

I have always felt that Rich was a technique monster, which allowed him to develop unmatched speed, but (to me) he wasn't a soul player, he wasn't a groove player, meaning he played more like a machine, not like a soulful drummer. That's why he shined in solos, but didn't bring anything unique or different to the rhythm section. Krupa could play with a band and make the walls sweat, get the people out of their chairs, and do it without any pyrotechnics. And that's a sign of a soulful player. Kenny Clark and Papa Jo where like that too, they could get the ballroom jumpin' without any fancy fills or rolls.

You know what's funny about guys who compare Gene K. to Buddy is that you guys miss the point. Gene is a Cadillac,smooth and easy. Buddy is a Ferrari,speed and power. Both represent EXACTLY what jazz is. Class,taste & supreme musicality as well as freedom of expression.

@@rickdavenport9538 You cannot compare the two, totally different styles. However, without Krupa there would have been no Rich as we know it. Krupa was the pioneer for putting the drummer at the front of a band instead of "behind it" so to speak. So all Buddy had to do was follow the same idea. He never thought of it. And that's ok. he did it his way. I think we should be praising today's drummers who are alive and kicking, instead of dwelling on the past so much.

​@@rickdavenport9538I like the video where they play together. Its just fantastic...

Eddie Rivera - such a great tragedy that there are so many really great drummers that predated film, video and decent quality sound recording that had fantastic reputations, but for whom we have nothing to watch and often very little of any quality to listen to...

Crazy right?

Facts! He whooped Gene Krupa in Harlem and Gene bowed to him!

​@@terrancewicks4079 Krupa: "He cut me to ribbons!"

No, Gene misspoke. He should have said, "When I went into semi-retirement in 1960." That year, he had a heart attack.

@@elizabethrosenthal9023 Thanks. That makes more sense.

The S.O.B's black listed him.

In interviews where he's talking about his influences, he always mentions Chick Webb in a pretty big way. But here, he's only talking about drummers that might've been known to the general public in the 1920s, before he himself was. Chick Webb did not come to national prominence, outside of Harlem, until the mid 30s, about the same time Gene Krupa did(Krupa had been recording with various band since 1927). Guys like Ben Pollack and Abe Lyman were known to the public in the 20's, not as much for their drumming, but for leading dance bands, although they were really good drummers, they were not quite in the league as people like Webb, Krupa, Jones, Rich, Catlett or even forerunners like Dodds and Singleton.

6:28 ish, 🤔 I think the context was a secondary question about him being first to “get out in front of a band.” He’s giving names of earlier famous drummer-bandleaders, who by the 60s weren’t famous for drumming, rather than his biggest influences. Lol after 30yrs of answering the same 5 questions every time, you’d want to change tack now and again.

What’s that supposed to mean?

Not at this point. He had a 10 year contract that started in 1947 where he received a percentage but it’d ended by this time.

Not technically, but they were to different to compare, i think

I made mistake Rich is technically better than Krupa, Moon is Krupa Bonham is Rich,

I'll take Krupa and Moon thank you

That's correct. The air date in the header is wrong

That had to have been after Mike moved his show from Cleveland to Philadelphia.

cipherTV Dark Eyes

Thank you

Its a traditional russian song i think. The red army choir sang it once.

Buddy Rich makes you say Wow. Gene makes you say Yeah.

You and your op